TechTank

Semiconductor chips powered the digital revolution. However, recent shortages exacerbated by the global pandemic and geopolitical tensions have slowed production and imperiled economic activity. On TechTank, Darrell West is joined by Jeremy Mark and Emily Kilcrease to discuss what to expect going forward, ways to improve supply chain resiliency and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On #TechTank, Dr. Turner Lee and Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, President of the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, unpack the challenges of having a more inclusive tech workforce and discuss a pathway toward student success and professional achievement for under-represented students and professionals.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Internet democratized the information ecosystem and generated many different uses. But at the same time, there are concerns about ways that social media platforms enable violent speech, extremism, and human abuses. On TechTank, Darrell West is joined by Ben Wittes and Quinta Jurecic to discuss how policymakers and regulators could proceed with content moderation on social media sites. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has brought forward many important questions about the social media landscape. In this episode of TechTank, guest host Samantha Lai is joined by Jessica Brandt and Emerson Brooking to discuss the role disinformation has played in this conflict, how social media companies and the American government have responded, and what precedence this sets for the future of the global internet. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nicol Turner Lee speaks to Renee Cummings and Lisa Rice on biases in artificial intelligence and howthey disproportionately impact historically marginalized groups in financial services, hiring, policing, andmore. Together, they will conduct a deep dive into these difficult questions and offer insight onremedies to this pressing question of equitable AI. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On TechTank, Darrell West interviews Laura Coates on her new book, Just Pursuit: A Black Prosecutor’s Fight for Fairness. They talk about her views of the criminal justice system, racial and gender inequities, and ways digital technologies are complicating the works of prosecutors, defenders, and suspects. The two also discuss ways to improve the legal system and overcome existing injustices. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Darrell West interviews Congressman Ro Khanna about his new book, Dignity in a DigitalAge: Making Tech Work for All of Us. They discuss challenges from the ever-widening scope ofthe digital world: how it has accentuated inequality, widened our political divide, threatenedpersonal privacy and more, as well as how improved policy can address these issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Darrell West interviews Dr. Amy Zegart, author of a new book entitled Spies, Lies, and Algorithms: TheHistory and Future of American Intelligence. They discuss how digital technology is transformingespionage and why America needs to move towards more open-source data gathering. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2022 is shaping up to be an eventful year in tech policy. President Biden has laid out an ambitious agenda on infrastructure investment, tech regulation, COVID mitigation, antitrust policy, and AI investment, among other topics. He has nominated a number of tough-minded individuals to major administrative agencies and has signaled a strong stance on large tech platforms. At the same time, technology is playing a major role in governance and democracy problems. Some worry about the extent to which technology is fueling polarization and extremism, and endangering the future of American democracy. In this episode, Darrell West and Nicol Turner Lee delve into what to expect from Biden’s tech policy agenda in 2022.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How have teens, the most tech-savvy population of all, been navigating the internet, rife with the spread of misinformation, algorithmic discrimination and more? On TechTank, Samantha Lai will be joined by Taylor Lorenz, technology reporter for the New York Times and affiliate at the Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, to discuss how young people use the internet and why it matters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.